The following software packages have to be installed on the PC to run the sniffer application.
The Python interpreter with a version below 3.0, e.g. Version 2.6 or 2.7 is needed to run the serial-to-wireshark interface script ieee802154.py. The pyserial module provides all functions to access serial interfaces from the python interpreter.
Linux: Install the python package with the preferred package manager of your distribution.
dpkg -i python python-serial
sudo apt-get install python python-serial
Windows:
Wireshark is powerfull tool for network data analysis. It is used to display the frames of your IEEE-802.15.4 network. Beside the main application, the package comes with some handy to use tools like TShark or dumpcap. Since you are new to wireshark you should not miss a look into the Wireshark User Manual.
Linux: Install the wireshark package with the preferred package manager of your distribution.
dpkg -i wireshark
sudo apt-get install wireshark
Windows:
The µracoli sniffer package uracoli-sniffer-<version>.zip
can be obtained from http://uracoli.nongnu.org/download.html. Unzip the file in a local tool directory.